Bag-fastener.



F. A. FULLER.

BAG 'FASTENER.

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1,21 1,93 1. Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

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FRANZ A. FULLER, 0F NEWARK, NEXV JERSEY, A-SSIGNOR TO THE J. E. IVIERGOTT COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEVZ JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.-

BAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 9, 1917.

Application filed June 1, 1915. Serial No. 31,323.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANZ A. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in fasteners, andparticularly to fasteners for satchels, bags, pocket-books, and the like, and has for its object, the arrangement of an improved structure, designed to co-act with the ordinary fastener of a satchel or the like, for preventing an accidental loosening or unfastening of the same, and to facilitate the opening of the primary fastener, namely, the lift lock.

In its preferred embodiment, my improved device consists of a spring-actuated fastener, of the lift lock type, secured to one of the frame members, and having holding engagement with the other frame member for holding said frame members together, and a locking element pivotally secured to said spring-actuated fastener for additionally holding said members together, the said locking element in general appearanceresembling what is known as a pull-piece, so that when the same is in locked position or in engagement with the knob or button on the frame members, it serves the purpose of additionally holding said members together, at the same time holding the spring-actuated fastener in its locked position, and which, when disengaged, serves as a pull-piece for releasing the said spring-actuated fastener from its locked position and separating the bag frame members.

Describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein, like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings,,and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a bag frame having appliedthereto my improved fastener. Fig. 2 represents, on an enlarged scale, a transverse section taken on line wrw of Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated bythe arrow, the locking element being shown in dotted linesin an unlocked position. 7 Fig. 8 represents an enlarged front elevation of my invention; and Figs. l and 5 representrespectively, a plan view partly in section, and a sectional side elevation taken on line wa: of Fig. 4:, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, of the cap forming a part of my improved catch.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 and 2 represent a pair of frame sections, which are pivotally connected at their lower end portions, in the usual well-known manner. One of said frame sections, as 2-, is provided in its upper surface,vwith a suitably arranged opening, for the reception of an extension 3 formed on the spring-actuated catch member, to be presently described, and the other frame section, as 1, 1s provided with a suitable nosing or projection 4, or any other suitable means may be provided, or the nosing may be forcedout from the metal from which said framesection is made, designed to be brought into holding engagement with a suitable recess or other means formed in the under side of the said catch member, to

firmly secure the bag frame sections or members in locked position. 7

The catch member, which may be of any desired form or configuration, consists preferably of the cap 5, provided with an integral downwardly-projecting, spring-holding member 3 at its rear end, for the recepengaged from the button or knob. The

knob or bead 10 is secured, in any convenient or suitable manner, in a preferably metallic setting 11, which is provided with a downwardly-projecting stud 12, whereby the setting, with its knob or bead, is secured to the catch member by riveting over the stud 12, as clearly indicated in the drawings. A knob or button 13 is fastened to the of the locking element 9, whereby the same is disengaged from the knob or button 13. v The locking element 9 is then utilized as a push piece, in order to open the bag, when the locking element is pressed back, thereby frame member 1, at the side of which the the manipulation of the lock simple, and

then when the operating lever is thrown backorout ofengagement with the button or knob, the frame members are yet held by the catch member, and the nosing, until further pressure is brought to bear upon the locking element, whereby the catch member is lifted out oflocking-engagement with the nosingr V The lockingelement 9 is pivotally connectedto the tubular bearing 8 by means of the integral trunnions 1 1, formed at the open end ofsaid locking element 9-. This lockingelement is made from a single piece ofsuitable material, formed with the two arms 15, the inner sides of which form a curvedengaging portion, designed to pass over the button or knob 13, and to have locking engagement therewith. The lower "portion of the locking element is preferably curved outwardly, to provide convenient means for; manipulating the locking element, in order to, disengage the same from the button or stud, and to further provide convenient means for manipulating the catch member, in order to disengage the same from the nose or looking projection of the frame member 1. V 1

In orderto maintain the locking element or handle in the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, after the same'has been disengaged from the'knob or button, 'I provide the tubular bearing with the integral positioning means 16, on each end thereof, which are preferably in the na ture of projections, and designed to be engaged by the inner sides of the arms 15 of the locking element 9, so that when the locking element is swung from its locked position into its unlocked position, the inner sides of. the arms engage with the projectionsand cause the arms to be spread sufliciently to frictionally hold the locking element in said position.

In order to operate improved fastener,

"it is first necessaryto lift the locking element 9 intothe position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This operation causes the spreading of the two arms 15 causing the catch member to become disengaged from the nosing or pro ect1on 1 on the frame member 1. The integral positioning means 16 which are formed on the ends of the tubular bearing 8, serve to maintain the locking element in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the draw ings.

While I have shown my preferred form, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact embodiments shown, but maybe modified in various ways in the scope of the following claims.

ber for. additionally holding said members together and independently operated from the said fastener.

2. The combination with a pair of frame members, a fastener mounted upon one of said frame members and having interlocking engagement with the other frame member, the other frame member being provided with a button on its outer face, said fastener being provided with an integral extension forming a bearing provided with positioning means formed on its ends, a locking element, the open end of which is pivotally secured in said bearing, said locking element provided with holding means and having interlocking engagement with the button on holding said members together.

3. In combination two members movable relatively to each other, a catch member secured to one of said frame members and having interlocking engagement with the other frame member, said catch member being provided at its forward end with a bearing, said bearing being further provided at its outer ends with positioning means, and a locking element pivotally secured in said bearing, said locking element provided with two arms, the inner sides of which form a curved engaging portion designed to have locking engagement with the other frame member, the said arms of the locking element being further designed to be engaged by the positioning means located on the bearing to frictionally hold the locking element in an unlocked position.

4. The combination with a pair of pivoted frame members, a fastener provided with an extension on its base for securing said fastener to one of said frame members and adapted to have interlocking engagement 105 the other frame member for additionally Cit with the other frame member, said fastener being provided with an integral extension forming a tubular bearing, said bearing provided with positioning means formed on its ends, a locking element provided with integral trunnions, said trunnions adapted to be mounted in said tubular bearing, the inner side walls of the arms of said locking element designed to be engaged by said positioning means and frictionally position said locking element, a knob on the other frame member, said locking element pros Copies of this patentmay be obtained for vided with holding means designed to snap over said knob for additionally holding said members together and forming a pull- 15 piece for the easy manipulation of said firstnamed fastener and bag frames.

This specification signed and witnessed this 28th day of May 1915.

FRANZ A. FULLER.

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